Improvised
['imprəvaizd]
Definition
(adj.) done or made using whatever is available; 'crossed the river on improvised bridges'; 'the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear'; 'the rock served as a makeshift hammer' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Improvise
Edited by Kathleen
Examples
- This improvised stove will burn without attention for twenty-four hours, and it is amazing what a great amount of heat is given off from so small a surface. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The bridge over the Pamunkey had been burned by the enemy, but a new one was speedily improvised and the cavalry crossed over it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- These improvised armies had in fact nothing to delay them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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